The Three Mile Island accident was a partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island,Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor in Pennsylvania. It began at 4 a.m. on March 28,1979. It is the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. On the seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale,it is rated Level 5 - Accident with Wider Consequences.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. Established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,the NRC began operations on January 19,1975,as one of two successor agencies to the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Its functions include overseeing reactor safety and security,administering reactor licensing and renewal,licensing radioactive materials,radionuclide safety,and managing the storage,security,recycling,and disposal of spent fuel.
Michael Darr Barnes is an American lawyer and politician who represented the eighth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987.
Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) is a boiling water reactor (BWR) type nuclear power plant located on a 1,251-acre (506 ha) site near Brownville,Nebraska between Missouri River mile markers 532.9 and 532.5,on Nebraska's border with Missouri. It is the largest single-unit electrical generator in Nebraska.
Braidwood Generating Station is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois,U.S. The nuclear power plant serves Chicago and northern Illinois with electricity. The plant was originally built by Commonwealth Edison company,and subsequently transferred to Com Ed's parent company,Exelon Corporation. Following Exelon's spin-off of their Generation company,the station was transferred to Constellation Energy.
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,a nuclear power plant,is located 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Harrisburg in Peach Bottom Township,York County,Pennsylvania,on the Susquehanna River three miles north of the Maryland border.
The Edwin Irby Hatch Nuclear Power Plant is near Baxley,Georgia,in the southeastern United States,on a 2,244-acre (9 km²) site. It has two General Electric boiling water reactors with a total capacity of 1,848 megawatts. Previously,the reactors had a combined capacity listing of 1,759 MW. Unit 1 went online in 1974 and was followed by Unit 2 in 1978. The plant was named for Edwin I. Hatch,president of Georgia Power from 1963 to 1975,and chairman from 1975 to 1978.
The Sequoyah Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located on 525 acres (212 ha) located 7 miles (11 km) east of Soddy-Daisy,Tennessee,and 20 miles (32 km) north of Chattanooga,abutting Chickamauga Lake,on the Tennessee River. The facility is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
The Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Power Station occupies a site near Jenkinsville,South Carolina,in Fairfield County,South Carolina,approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Columbia.
Robert G. Joseph is a senior scholar at the National Institute for Public Policy and professor at Missouri State University. He was the United States Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation,with ambassadorial rank. Prior to this post,Joseph was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security,a position he held until January 24,2007. Joseph is known for being instrumental in creating the Proliferation Security Initiative and as the architect of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. He was also the US chief negotiator to Libya in 2003 who convinced the Libyans to give up their WMD programs. He also recently authored a book describing his experience in negotiating with Libya entitled "Countering WMD."
In politics,regulatory capture is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity,policymaker,or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial,ideological,or political interests of a minor constituency,such as a particular geographic area,industry,profession,or ideological group.
Michael E. Toner,American attorney and political appointee,specializes in election law,and is currently employed by Wiley Rein LLP where he co-chairs the Election Law &Government Ethics Practice. He formerly served as the chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC),the regulatory body that oversees campaign finance for United States federal elections.
Helmut Gunter Wilhelm Panke is a German manager and physicist who has been holding board membership in several companies - Microsoft,Bayer AG and Singapore Airlines. During the past recent 30 years,Panke's management career spread over several companies,including e.g. serving as the chairman of the board of management at BMW AG from May 2002 through August 2006.
Joseph Mallam Hendrie is a former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). On August 9,1977 he was named to a four-year term on the Commission and designated as its chairman by President Jimmy Carter. From 1975 to 1977,Hendrie had served as chairman of the Department of Applied Science at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Gregory B. Jaczko is a physicist who was chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 2005 to 2012. While at the NRC,he voted against the opening of new nuclear plants and an inspector general report found that he unilaterally and improperly sought to block the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project from advancing. After leaving the NRC,Jaczko called for a global ban on nuclear power.
Allison M. Macfarlane directs the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. She is the former director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University,where she was Professor of Science Policy and International Affairs. She was the chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from July 9,2012,to December 31,2014.
Kristine L. Svinicki is an American nuclear engineer and former chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert Louis (Bob) Ferguson is a nuclear-trained physicist and a 60-year veteran in the field of nuclear energy. He is best known for being appointed the first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Programs for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the first Energy Secretary,James Schlesinger,serving from 1978 to 1980 during President Jimmy Carter's administration.
Jeff Baran is an American attorney who has served as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since October 14,2014. In September 2017,he was renominated by President Donald Trump to another five-year term on the NRC. Prior to joining the NRC,Baran served on the staff of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and was senior counsel to the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce,advising ranking member Henry Waxman.
Richard A. "Dick" Meserve is an American lawyer and scientist. He served as Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1999 to 2003 and served as President of the Carnegie Institution for Science from 2003 to 2014.
